This shrub native to southeast Canada, New England, the Mid-Atlantic, down the Appalachians to east TN, much of Michigan, Wisconsin, and ...Read MoreMinnesota, and northwest Indiana, I have not yet seen it in the wild in the north woods or in the Appalachians. It is sold by some native plant nurseries; not in the regular nursery trade. Its flowers come in pairs and are cream-coloured to pale yellow to orange, and are fragrant. The light red berries also are arranged in pairs like the flowers.Morton Arboretum collected some from southwest Michigan. Not a flashy plant, but looks nice. I bought three saplings from Reeseville Nursery in Wisconsin by mail and potted them up in June 2018. We'll see how they work out. I love rare or uncommon eastern North American native plants. (There is a similar European Fly Honeysuckle that has grayish or bluish leaves and pairs of white to yellow-white flowers and dark red berries in pairs of which I've seen the two cultivars of 'Claveyi' and 'Emerald Mound' used in the landscapes of the Chicago area occasionally.)
This shrub native to southeast Canada, New England, the Mid-Atlantic, down the Appalachians to east TN, much of Michigan, Wisconsin, and ...Read More